So you want to shop local, and support local businesses? Don’t forget that this can also apply to wine. In this, the second in our series taking a peak at some Portland’s best places to pick up wine, we look at another small, locally owned wine shop, the Hop & Vine.

My parents have been divorced for eight years and my father, who's 64, pays a lot in alimony. Last August he was laid off and my mom, 51, would not give him a break on the amount, so he is really struggling financially.

Early in August, at a sparsely attended talk sponsored by Urban Land Institute, Gabe Klein, former transportation director of Chicago and D.C., spoke of the "end of parking.” If true, how would this happen and what would it mean for our communities?

Why should we consider paying college football players and abolishing the NCAA? There's no better natural redistribution of wealth than letting loose the desire of wealthy college alums to pay poor teenagers to play football for the alums' beloved alma maters.